Top-roll saddle.



'UNITED STAT-iis PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BILSBOROUGH, OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE L ASSIGNMENTS, TO MARY M. BILSBOROUGH, OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

TOP-ROLLSADDLE.' y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,618,'dated J' une 17, 1902.

Application {iled January 31, 1902. Serial Nof92,04'7. (No model.)

useful Improvements in Top-'Roll Saddles, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly torneans for regulating the position of the Weight-sup,

porting stirrup on the uppermost saddle of a set of top-roll saddles to secure the desired dierential pressure on the rolls Whatever e may be their relative adjustments.

The main object of the invention is to provide an extremely'simple device for this purpose which can be cheaply` produced and easily applied to existing saddles of various forms without material alterations therein and by means of which the stirrup can be adj usted centrally between the front and intermediate rolls,"so that no wear will come on the stirrup by reasonof contact with the rolls and so that the adjustment can ybefregulated by the character ofthe cotton,.`whether long or shortstaple.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and co'mbinations of parts, the essential elements of which are recited in the appended claimsand a number of forms of embodiment of which are described hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereof- Figure l represents in side elevation a set of roll-top saddlesin their proper relation to the rolls, together with a stirrup and keeper b designate the two saddles, c the stirrup,

and d, e, and f the top rolls,'these parts being correlated in the well-known Way.

In carryingout my invention the top saddle a is tapped in one side at the front part with a screw-threaded hole g for the reception of a headed screw g.

ably of sheet metal, is fitted against the side A plate h, prefermof the saddle, said plate being formed witha longitudinal sloth', through which the screw p g' extends.5 In the form of construction shown inFigs. -lxlandfZa pair of tangs h2 are struck A. up out of the material of the plate, providing shoulders between which the stirrup c is conlined. n v,and 4 the plate hhas a double offset forming a hollovir rib h4, `which straddles the stirrup,

the shoulders for confining the stirrup. In the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the plate h5 has a right-angle extension h6 springing-from its lower edge and running under thesaddle, where it has a pair of depending tangs k7, providing shoulders between which the stirrup is conined. that the invention is susceptible of embodiment in still diierent forms from those here shown and described. n

It will be seen that my invention merely requires the tapping of a hole in the saddle, so that existingforms of saddles can be readily adapted to accommodate thekeeper. The form of the latter issuch thatit'can-be cheaply produced by a dieing-out process, making it ready for use without any separate iinishing steps. The application of the keeper to the saddle and stirrup is aperfectly simple 0peration, consisting merely in engaging the shoulders of the keeper with the stirrup and inserting the screw to hold the keeper in place ,on the saddle. The stirrup can be readily ing thekeep'er along While the securing-screw is turned backslightly. It will thus be seen that the invention completely fultils the object primarily stated. p y

Having thus describedlnyinvention, what I claim as new is as follows:

1. A keeper for stirrups oltop-roll saddles, the same comprising a vplate placed against the saddle and secured` thereto with provisions for a sliding longitudinal adjustment thereon, said plate having shoulders between described. l

2. The combination with a top-roll saddle tapped inv its body portion with a screwthreaded hole; of a stirrup-keeper comprising a plate having a longitudinal slot registering Inthe construction shown in Figs. 3

It will be evident vvadjusted longitudinally of the saddle by slid-V which the stirrup engages, substantially as the inner side wallsof the rib constituting IOO with the said hole, and shoulders between two subscribing Witnesses, this 20th day of which the stirrup engages; together with a December, A. D. 1901.

screw entered throuffh the slot and enffaefno Y the hole to secure thje keeper at differegnedt JOHN BILSBOROUGH' justments. VVtnesses:

In testimony whereof I have signed my JABEZ H. HAZARD, name to this specification, in the presence of DANIEL SLADE. 

